अष्ट्रा

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *HáṣṭraH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HáštraH (“whip, goad”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵ-tro-m (“instrument of propelling”), from *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬁‎ (aštrā, “whip”), Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾštl /⁠aštar⁠/, “whip”). Compare also Hungarian ostor (“whip”), an Indo-Iranian borrowing.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ́ʂ.ʈɾɑː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɐʂ.ʈɾɑː/

अष्ट्रा • (áṣṭrā) f

1. goad or prick for driving cattle
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.53.9:

     या ते अष्ट्रा गोपशाघृणे पशुसाधनी ।

     yā te aṣṭrā gopaśāghṛṇe paśusādhanī .

     Thou bearest, glowing Lord, a goad with horny point that guides the cows